INCREASED plasma- and tissue levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) during inflammatory diseases, have suggested a role of ET-1 in the pathophysiology of inflammatory reactions. The authors have studied the effect of ET-1 on cytokine ...

In the present study we examined whether endothelin-1 stimulation of human monocytes causes release of chemotactic factors. It was found that monocytes released neutrophil- and monocyte-chemotactic activity in a dose- and ...

Introduction:
Acute lung injury is associated with accumulation of extravascular lung water (EVLW). The aim of the present study was to compare two methods for quantification of EVLW: transpulmonary single thermodilution ...

The objective of the present cross-sectional epidemiological study from Tromsø, North Norway was to
evaluate the relation between blood pressure and serum parathyroid hormone (PTH). 10419 subjects
were invited to participate ...

The article explores the history of voluntary district nursing in Northern Norway 1880- 1940. A popular movement of women’s associations met the tuberculosis epidemic, which peaked late in the North. District nursing was ...

Abstract Background Suicide is a major public health problem and treating suicidal patients represents one of the most challenging and complex clinical situations for young physicians. Education of physicians is ...

Background
In real-time PCR data analysis, the cycle threshold (CT) method is currently the gold standard. This method is based on an assumption of equal PCR efficiency in all reactions, and precision may suffer if this ...

Background: Suicide is a major public health problem and treating suicidal patients represents one
of the most challenging and complex clinical situations for young physicians. Education of physicians
is considered an ...

This study investigated the overall clinical impact of anti-α-
actinin antibodies in patients with pre-selected autoimmune
diseases and in a random group of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA)-
positive individuals. The relation ...

Scandinavian welfare research has paid more and more attention to the
role played by women in building institutions for children, the sick
and the elderly. The new institutions were generally called ”homes”
and it was ...